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In his Combine media interview, LSU DE Sam Montgomery admitted to betting in college and taking games -- not plays -- games off when the Tigers faced lesser opponents.
Montgomery's agent should have advised him before the Combine that saying things like this is not smart. At all. "Some weeks when we didn’t have to play the harder teams, there were some times when effort was not needed," Montgomery said. "But when we had the big boys coming in, the ‘Bamas or the South Carolinas, I grabbed close to those guys and went all out." Montgomery detailed "hundreds of dollars" in bets with teammate Barkevious Mingo, including one for $5,000 on which LSU defensive end will be drafted higher. We'd wager -- heavily -- that it won't be Montgomery. Draft insider Tony Pauline reported late Saturday that LSU's coaching staff has been "slamming" Montgomery to NFL teams.

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Well he just made sure the only teams that'll touch him are Cinci and Oakland.

I'd bet on Oakland. I mean, Montgomery would bet on Oakland...

Speaking of Oakland, I just watched Charlie Casserly's mock draft 1-10 picks and he has Floyd at three going to oakland over Star.

Casserly is a guy who has actually been responsible for a draft. So I take his opinion more seriously than some other talking heads.

If I remember correctly, it was either him or Lombardi who mocked us to take aldon smith a couple of years ago.

Yeah. But you still didn't tell me what position on our team you thought was weaker than dline - cuz if it is indeed dline then we'er actually in agreement, and if it's not then we can have a more pertinent discussion about how that position compares to our dline.

Well how bout WRs and TEs? How well will KW and Rio bounce back from injury? or will Rio even be retained at his salary? What do we really have in Jenkins? Walker's an UFA with poor hands... Celek is a relative unknown...

How bout QBs? Maybe Tolzien can be good... no one else to speak of, as Alex is good as gone.

How about Spillman and Robinson? Who knows if they are really more than ST-ers or if they can truly be effective starters?

How good is Cox, really? We all think Brock is teh suxxorz, right? Even our starting trio have had real issues this season.

How bout those backup rush LBs? Parys could be gone at his salary, and he was a marginal starter even before injury. Cam J. and Fleming are complete mysteries.

How good is Tavares Gooden? who is also an UFA like Grant...

How bout them backup OTs? backup C?

Face it... we just don't know jack about the non-starters. So take your wild and random pick at where we are weak on backup positions.

OK. We can stop discussing this now I guess. But my parting thoughts are that I just looked up three different web sites that list draft needs and every one of them listed dline as our biggest need or one of our needs. So apparantly there are others out here like me who have asked ourselves the same questions you just listed and arrived at some decision ... right or wrong as it might be of course.

I'll go ahead and post a mock so you can see in detail how I would address the questions you raised, and my comments will address what I think about our current guys at those positions._________________

I'm good with your pre-draft moves. A lot to like there, big9er. Our STs would be scarier, I must say... Probably better to just cut Akers and his large salary loose. I'd take a better WR in the 4th over the RB, but no biggie, if our current WRs stay healthy and step up._________________

I'm good with your pre-draft moves. A lot to like there, big9er. Our STs would be scarier, I must say... Probably better to just cut Akers and his large salary loose. I'd take a better WR in the 4th over the RB, but no biggie, if our current WRs stay healthy and step up.

Good point about Akers salary. OK, cut him. Haven't really looked into college kickers to see if there are enough good ones so we're guaranteed to get one in the 6th, or whether I need to juggle my 4th or 5th some to get one. If there's one that stand out, I'd consider dropping Bell (as much as I like him) and just plugging in a kicker there. Gotta lock one in if I assume we cut Akers._________________

According to NFL Draft insider Tony Pauline, "word circulating" at the Combine is that Georgia OLB Jarvis Jones could be in for a Da'Quan Bowers-like plunge on draft day.
People close to Jones reportedly believe the star SEC pass rusher "seems resigned" to a big draft-weekend drop. NFL teams are removing Jones from their draft boards due to spinal stenosis, and league evaluators anticipate Jones turning in a poor Pro Day workout in March, enhancing the "stock" fall. Bowers entered the NFL with concerns he might need microfracture surgery. He has not thus far, but still fell from a projected top-five pick into the 50s. Feb 23 - 10:27 PM

I'd say if he fell to us at the end of the first we'd be crazy not to take him. Sure there is going to be a little bit of a increased risk for him, but the reward definitely outweighs the risk IMO. The value would be tremendous._________________saintsfan on the sig"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."-Benjamin Franklin

According to NFL Draft insider Tony Pauline, "word circulating" at the Combine is that Georgia OLB Jarvis Jones could be in for a Da'Quan Bowers-like plunge on draft day.
People close to Jones reportedly believe the star SEC pass rusher "seems resigned" to a big draft-weekend drop. NFL teams are removing Jones from their draft boards due to spinal stenosis, and league evaluators anticipate Jones turning in a poor Pro Day workout in March, enhancing the "stock" fall. Bowers entered the NFL with concerns he might need microfracture surgery. He has not thus far, but still fell from a projected top-five pick into the 50s. Feb 23 - 10:27 PM

I'd say if he fell to us at the end of the first we'd be crazy not to take him. Sure there is going to be a little bit of a increased risk for him, but the reward definitely outweighs the risk IMO. The value would be tremendous.

Who do you guys think would be there for us at #31: Star or Jarvis?? maybe both??

Seems like Star Lotulelei's condition is worse.._________________"You look up and you see us shining down on you...." - Lupe Fiasco

According to NFL Draft insider Tony Pauline, "word circulating" at the Combine is that Georgia OLB Jarvis Jones could be in for a Da'Quan Bowers-like plunge on draft day.
People close to Jones reportedly believe the star SEC pass rusher "seems resigned" to a big draft-weekend drop. NFL teams are removing Jones from their draft boards due to spinal stenosis, and league evaluators anticipate Jones turning in a poor Pro Day workout in March, enhancing the "stock" fall. Bowers entered the NFL with concerns he might need microfracture surgery. He has not thus far, but still fell from a projected top-five pick into the 50s. Feb 23 - 10:27 PM

I'd say if he fell to us at the end of the first we'd be crazy not to take him. Sure there is going to be a little bit of a increased risk for him, but the reward definitely outweighs the risk IMO. The value would be tremendous.

Who do you guys think would be there for us at #31: Star or Jarvis?? maybe both??

Seems like Star Lotulelei's condition is worse..

idk much about either condition and how they might affect there careers...
so ignoring that for now

if star was there at 31 i would [inappropriate/removed] my pants and breaks things! he reminds me of a ngata type player. he is a rjf that can play both nt at de, but on steroids haha. i would be extremely happy.
hes played at a very high level for years and works out hard. idk how he wouldnt be able to at least finish his rookie contract.

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According to NFL Draft insider Tony Pauline, "word circulating" at the Combine is that Georgia OLB Jarvis Jones could be in for a Da'Quan Bowers-like plunge on draft day.
People close to Jones reportedly believe the star SEC pass rusher "seems resigned" to a big draft-weekend drop. NFL teams are removing Jones from their draft boards due to spinal stenosis, and league evaluators anticipate Jones turning in a poor Pro Day workout in March, enhancing the "stock" fall. Bowers entered the NFL with concerns he might need microfracture surgery. He has not thus far, but still fell from a projected top-five pick into the 50s. Feb 23 - 10:27 PM

I'd say if he fell to us at the end of the first we'd be crazy not to take him. Sure there is going to be a little bit of a increased risk for him, but the reward definitely outweighs the risk IMO. The value would be tremendous.

Who do you guys think would be there for us at #31: Star or Jarvis?? maybe both??

Seems like Star Lotulelei's condition is worse..

idk much about either condition and how they might affect there careers...
so ignoring that for now

if star was there at 31 i would [inappropriate/removed] my pants and breaks things! he reminds me of a ngata type player. he is a rjf that can play both nt at de, but on steroids haha. i would be extremely happy.
hes played at a very high level for years and works out hard. idk how he wouldnt be able to at least finish his rookie contract.

I know its back to back WR's but he seems like he could be a legit playmaker. I could also see him going higher, like Kendall Wright did last year.

We do have to get depth for our defense but we can always get DL, OLB, and DB's in the 2nd-3rd round. Austin might be too good a value to pass up.

Lately i've been leaning towards getting a WR with our 1st. I don't want to neglect our defense at all but the thought of Kaepernick connecting with guys like Austin, Hunter, etc...our offense would be lethal. And if AJ pans out